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Thursday, December 4, 2008 12:00 AM

Why do Feinstein and Wyden sound much different on the torture issue now?

The two Senators spent the year emphatically insisting that the CIA's interrogators comply with the Army Field Manual. With Democrats in control, they're not so emphatic any longer

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  • Thursday, December 4, 2008 12:45 PM

    @WBG

    And how can you know T3's A, B, & C w/ 100% certainty without already knowing where the TTB is? How can you know the information you get from torture is true unless you already know the truth?

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